Machete gang faces ban on making violent drill music

One of the gang’s songs refers to men jumping off mopeds to stab a rivalPA

A gang who rapped about stabbing their rivals and then went out armed with machetes are facing a ban on making “confrontational” music.

The gang members, aged between 17 and 21, face jail but could also be prohibited from making the brand of rap music known as drill. The Metropolitan Police will present evidence of the gang’s music videos to Kingston crown court today, alleging that they promote violence.

Micah Bedeau, 18, Yonas Girma, 21, Isaac Marshall, also 18, and two 17-year-olds who cannot be named for legal reasons have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit violent disorder. Police officers will seek to have criminal behaviour orders imposed on top of their jail sentences, aiming to stop the group making music that refers to violence.

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